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Post by 962porsche » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:35 am

well i just got the call that my boss passed away last night . i will miss the man ! it was fun working on the team with him .

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Post by breakaway500 » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:29 am

:cry: I just read about his death.A sad day indeed. One of my all time heores. :cry:

I feel a liquid lunch coming on... :(
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Post by 962porsche » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:29 pm

i just got back from the race shop . all the peaple that worked on pauls team were there . even thow we all knew it was coming. now one thought P.L. would go this fast . he was a fighter that did not like to lose .my hart goes out to mike one of pauls best frends and joann his wife and daughters .along with the guys on the team mark,bill, and pete. paul was a person that HATED to be treated like a move star . when barbra walters did an interview about paul last summer at lime rock .it was hell to get the work done on the car . he came up to me becouse he noticed i was getting pissed off with all the peaple in the way . put his arm around me winked and said ( you dont like all the peaple here do you .ya me too!) . the last 5 weeks paul could not drive his cars so he went out a got one of thouws kawasaki mules to drive around his yard . now theres a racer ! if you cant drive a car you still need to drive some thing . joann was not happy about that , tearing up the yard . joann never liked P.L. racing that much. 2 years age at line rock paul crashed not a bad crash but when paul got back to the pits and was getting out of the car she said to P.L. (ARE YOU FINISHED YET ?) she was not talking about for the day . she ment racing ! make no mistake paul wears the pants in the family but joann tells paul which ones to put on . well i could go on and on with storys like this . but it all comes down to P.L. all of your frends will miss you with all are harts and souls .

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Post by breakaway500 » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:53 pm

Great stories,and thank you for a personal look into a legendary mans every day life :wink: .
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Post by offcamber09 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:49 pm

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Post by Dave_G » Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:38 pm

A few days ago someone pointed me to a tribute to Paul Newman from David Letterman on the Late Show:



It's well worth watching.
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Post by paultg » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:13 pm

Dave_G wrote:A few days ago someone pointed me to a tribute to Paul Newman from David Letterman on the Late Show:



It's well worth watching.
Thanks for sharing Dave.

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Post by breakaway500 » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:04 pm

I have never seen Paul Newman with a beard before.(its right at the end)

Never heard of a blower called a "puffer" either.

A huffer occasionally.

Great link.Thanks! :wink:
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